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Use this page to explore organisations offering funding, collaboration, and/or facilities. Start by clicking ‘Show filters’ to refine your search. Select organisation type, then choose areas of funding/support and/or interest. For more information on the definition of these, please click on the green question marks.

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Areas for Support/Funding

  • Continuous professional development
    At any age: and need not result in a formal qualification
  • Professional qualification
    Other than a formal degree e.g. membership of professional body
  • Skill qualifications
    Training qualifications including machinery, equipment or product handling, environmental, etc.
  • Individual equipment
    Individual equipment to meet training / education requirements
  • Early years, primary & secondary
    Events/activities that promote awareness or understanding of the industry to early years and school aged children (0-16 years)
  • Further education
    Education for ages 16+ up to but not including University Degree level, including Key Stage 5 (Ages 16-18): A-levels, T-levels; vocational qualifications, apprenticeships, diplomas and certificates; mature learners
  • Higher education: undergraduate
    Including: Bachelor’s Degrees, Foundation Degrees, some diplomas, research projects which form part of these
  • Higher education: postgraduate
    Including: Master’s Degrees (taught & research-based), PhDs, DPhil, some certificates & diplomas, research projects which form part of these
  • General public
    Events/activities that promote awareness or understanding of the industry to the general public
  • Academic research project
    Aimed at generating new knowledge or understanding, without an immediate practical application
  • Applied research project
    The results of which can be immediately applied in practice. Includes farmer-led research
  • Commercial research project
    Includes joint research with a commercial company(s)
  • Postdoctoral research
    Applied research project and Academic research project may also be appropriate to consider
  • Summer school / short placement
    May include funding for the course and/or subsistence
  • Equipment or facilities
    Including buildings, field or laboratory scale facilities & equipment
  • Travel & subsistence: overseas
    For research or training purposes
  • Travel & subsistence: UK
    For research or training purposes

Areas of Interest

  • Agribusiness
    Includes business management and rural economy.
  • Arable
    Including those for energy & non-food uses
  • Beef & sheep
    Includes goats, deer & camelids & all aspects of management
  • Dairy
    All aspects of milk production & handling up to point of processing
  • Engineering
    All aspects of the discipline related/applied to an aspect of agrifood activity
  • Environmental management
    Includes soils, water, conservation, climate change and cover crops
  • Equine
    All aspects of management, handling and use of horse and donkey
  • Farm & land management
    Includes diversification, landscape & estate management
  • Farming systems
    Includes all aspects and all systems of production.
  • Food & Food Science
    Includes diversification, landscape & estate management
  • Horticulture
    Includes field vegetables, top & soft fruit, glasshouse & ornamental production
  • Pigs
    All aspects of management systems including wild boar
  • Poultry
    Includes ducks, geese, layers & broilers and all aspects of management
  • Veterinary science
    All aspects of the discipline applied to the agrifood industry including animal health

Organisation Type

  • Funds individuals
    The organisation provides funding to individuals
  • Collaborates with charities & organisations
    The organisation would be happy to collaborate with other charities working in these areas of funding / interest
  • Funds charities & organisations
    The organisation provides funding to other charities & organisations
  • Provides education, training and/or research facilities
    The organisation provides educational, training and/or research facilities; they may have a project which they would like funded